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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEi IONDAY , OCTOBER 28 , 1889. TOE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER , In the Llfo of a Western - orn Drummur. THE GRIP'S PECULIAR LICENSE. \t Transforms the Benrcr Into n Gay IiOtlinrlo t'cilro'n 1'crttncnt Qucrjr Dcollno of tlio T. 1 . A. A Jr unmfrJH Story. Ono o ( the commercial travelers best known throughout Nebraska and nil the territory w far west as the Ilocktcs , Is well , the nnmo docs not mnttor par ticularly. It Is ono which has appuiiiutl periodically on the pages ol ono Omaha hotel register for ten yctirs past and doubtless many of hU conferees have hoard his story and can stipply the Wank. Call him Wilson Frank Wil son nnd Imagine a welt developed , erect , manly figure , nearly six. foot iu height , a clour-cut , close-shaven face , \7oll-trimtnod "kinky , " darlc hair with a slight sorinklln ? of gray over the temples a handsome ftiuo and figure , though not at nil remarkable- among the many handsome faces nnd figures Of the nrmy of commercial tourists , wore It not that the expression of Uoun business alertness which ho wears seems a thin semi-transparent mask , covering a haunting : suggestion of what V Sorrow , pain , despair ? Something , anyway , which leaves you with the conviction thttt you have shaken hands with a roan with a btory somewhere on the scroll of his years. You-are right , Frank Wilson has a story a tragically aad story , the mem ory of which like a leaden , riftless win- tor's cloud , perpetually veils his life's sunshine. Just across the Canadian border north of Vermont , walled In by towering1 maple-clothed hills , lies n beautiful little shoot of water , probably ten miles in extent at its longest part , known as Brome Inko. AH about it roll the pic turesque forest-covered hills of the eastern townships with portions tilled by the descondan s of the Tories of the revolution , UN. E. Loyalists"as they called themselves. On the east shore nestles the quaint little village of Knowlton. where the grandsons to-day "keep the store or the tavern or the pOBtolItco1 cultivate the Holds and arc married nnd given in marriage in the puritanical looking , white-painted greon-flhuttorcd houses , Justus did their grandfathers sixty yours ngo. Roman tic wagon roads wind in and out among the hills nnd valleys or skirt along the pebbled bench. Here and there where the shades of the woods are deepest and the sunlight only penetrates in little golden iloeka. the clear , cold water of a woodland spring tinkles into a moss grown water ing trouuh , nnd over the side to the rend below. The air isfull of the music of birds , and the myriad odors of the forest. Twice a day , with a long drawn shriek that echoes and re-echoos from shore to shore , and from all the hills , startling into a million voiced chorus the denizens of the- trees , a trala comes roaring and rattling down the valley and into the village. Over on the west are fields of waving grain , and broad stretches of daisied and buttcrcuppod meadow , with here nnd there a farm housewith its orchard and barn yard. The waters of the lake nro filled with bass and pickerel , and" nil the little streams which feed it have their brook trout. Ilcri ! ono summer day about twelve years npo came a pnrty of rollicking , roystering campers , with their guns and fishing paraphernalia , their tents nnd their row boats , their ilnnncls and their panamas , and wore dumped upon the platform of the little railway station. The staid old farmers just pulling in from the hay field with the last load looked , and , taught by experience - ' porionco , groaned in spirit as they thought of their ravished hen roosts nnd orchards. Naxt morning the villagers saw the white gleam of a tent through the dense foliage of Eagle island , and night after night for two weeks the ruddy glow of n campflro illumined the stately beeches nnd maples. Every ono knows what camp life is. Never before was there such cookery , such llshlng , bathingnnd boating , or eo , nt lenst , thought Frank Wilson , who was ono of the party. To bo awakened in the morning by the mad jubilee of for est birds when the eastern skies are a blaze crimson glory , to iMungo into the clear , cool waters of the lake just as the sun peeps over the eastern hills , to lounge away the heat of the day with rod or gun or novel or , if the humor strikes you , in delicious , dreamy idleness ; to akim alone in your canoe at . sunset just under the cool Blituloa of the wooded banks , suspended seemingly between a world above nnd a mimio world below ; to gather around the ramp fire when It grown cooler and smoke and talk till ono by ono you drop oil to sleep , and then , best of all , to Ho at night in'tho shelter of the tent whore you can look out over the moonlit lake and bo lulled to sleep by the drowsy rustling of the loaves and the monotonous , "swish , Bttluh"of the waves on the beach surely life can offer nothing bettor than this. this.Ono Ono night after the visitors had been on the island about a week there was a. , "hop" nt the village hotel , given by some city people who were summering in quietude , nnd our party was invited. Among the dancers was a dainty , little , blaok-oyod French Canadian upon whom Frank Wilson looked once and was lost. An acquaintance soon formed rlponod into "friendship" ut uu alarm ing rate. Tlio boy wont mad. Never were there such glorious black eyes , such ripples of silken hair , such dimples , such gleam ing teeth , such rosy lingers , such bewitching littlafuctbuch angclio loveliness in the world. Ho thought of nothing else , dreamed of nothing else , talked of nothing else ; in fact , ho was hit , and hit hard. Butliia angel , An nette they called bur , vim , good deal of an "Airy Fairy Lilian"and , kept him in hot watbr , now turning his hond with a Httlo caressing purr , and again nnswer- ing his pasolotinto appeals with ripples of curolcss laughter. Evcryono could BOO the outcome of the Httlo comedy , however , Wilson had evidently mot his fate , and the lit tle Canndienno's laughing- eyes wore EoimulmoB a loolr of wistful tenderness which others saw , if Frank did not. , Visits botwcon the pnrty at the hotel and tlio party on the island became of frequent occurrence , nnd ono glorious nigril , when the whole party took to the boats , It happened in bomo mvs- torlou * way , as such things ulvays do , thil | the young lovers had a cunoo be tween them. Such a night as that was ! The lake wasa shoot of glistening nllver. The littjo tents and painted farm house * Blood out uguliibt the dark foil ngo with ghostly clear ness. Distant voices floated across the water and mingled with the musical lapping of the waves ngnlnst the boats. Occasionnlljrn snatch of song or-n musical ponl of mughlor would bo answered by the tremulous hoot of an owl which the echoes took up nnd tossed back rtnd forth tilt the world scorned to bo lillod with the cries of a hundred hooting demons. Such a night breeds love , nnd whether or not it was the moonlight orFrnnkf persuasive tonirao. certain it fs that there was a softened light In the Cnnndicnno's dnrk eyes nnd Frank's fnco was radiant \vitit tri umph when the1 island was again reached. "Thank the Lord , that's settled , " fer vently ejaculated an unscntimont.il member of the party as he grasped the situation . .mid everybody joined in tho" lnuehwhich brought the blushes to An nette's pretty check. All that night Frank heard wonder ful voices in the rustling of the loaves , and the Httlo waves that rnu tumbling over each other along the beach kept whispering to the winds the old , old song ot love , love , lovo. They were all -cotuiiur over for a dny on the island the next morning nnd while the others lounged about the tent Frank took hfs rifle and began firing ntn blazed spot on a sapling toward the interior of the island. In a short time the village pnrty arrived. They had came round unobserved on the south flitlcottlio island and stealing up upon the little camp , burst through the un dergrowth , in a cloud ot white dresses and laughing faces. Presently someone ono noticing Wilson * * wandering cyea inquired " Where * ia Annette' " "She left us a hltlu back hero nnd ran around the other way , " answered one. one.With a bound Frank wa away through the thicket , and the whole laughing troop scattered after him in pursuit of the truant. Then a terrible stillness came grad ually over the wood. Ono by ono the laughing voices ceased anil with a strange fear creeping over each heart they gravitated to a little hollow back of the camp. The rustic of the leaves wns a shiver nnd tlio very birds seemed to hushthuir songs in droad. With trembling hnnds and paling chocks they pushed back the leavcV and peered into the clearing. What was itV Thorn bending forward , with ono hand grasping-asaphnsr and ono clutch- ing-athis throat , stood Frank Wilson , his check blanched with horror and his starling eyes fascinated by something hidden in tlio tall ferns which carpeted the glen * Annette was found. There she lay In the ferns , with her glorious eyes , glazed in death , gaxing blankly up into her lover's face , and over the creamy lace of the dress she wore streamed the rod blood from the cruel wound of a bullet from his own rillc. Why It It So ? CENTRAL CITV , Nob. , Oct. 20. Hav ing promised to write THIS BKK a letter the first time the "spirit moved mo , " I take this opportunity while the rest of the boys arc playing "high five , " to talk to you a little about ono of the pe culiar characteristics of a traveling man , and ask you why it is. Bo ho married or single , it is the same thing , only they say married men are worse than single. But to the characteristic. Hotels throughout the state employ girls and young ladies to wait on the tables , and good looks are perhaps the greatest recommendation a girl can have to entitle her to a position as waitress in u llrst class houso. Other qualifications , of course , are duly con sidered , but certainly a good looking girl stands the best chance. The result is wo find in almost every hotel on the road a bevy of pretty and coquettish do mestics , with whom the festive drum mer is ever on the alert to make acquaintance , and if ho succeeds , the honor bestowed makes him a hero among his fellows , and the seif-son- sciousncss of his own superiority in this line shows itself in every feature , in every movement. When ho conde scends during menl time to engage in conversation with his own sex , it is with a patronizing air , as much as to say , "Don't bother mo now ; I will at tend to you after dinner. " As I said before , married men court the smiles and friendly recognitions of dining-room girls as much , if not more , than the unmarried. These very men of both classes referred to are perhaps rigidly correct in their deportment ; at homo , nnd would rather go to jail than have their wives or sweethearts know they over bestowed a smile unon any ottier than , the ono they had sworn to love always nnd only , but the grip nnd sample case seem to give license to an innocent flirtation. Now , lama mar ried man , and I give warning to all you "fellers'1 on the road that if you ever meet my wife you had hotter keep your inrmtLs shut , for she will neb believe u word you say. I have explained fully to her that traveling men nro mutually obligated never to toll the truth , except when selling goods , and then if ttioy are caught deviating a hair's breadth they are liable to bo shut out of every game of draw for the next six hours , What I want to know is , why is the practice of flirting' ' in the dining room so unl- vqrsally characteristic of traveling men ? PJJDKO. Tlio T. P. A..Declining. Dawson Meyer , an old time nnd well known knight of the grip , is sojourning temporarily in Omaha. Having retired from the road , ho thinks seriously of locating here , though has doubts about his ability to settle down nnd appreciate private life. Nineteen years' expor- icnca as a commercial ombassador so ( irmly establishes one's habits and in clination that ho finds it a hard matter to adapt himself to any ether channel. In u pleasant chat with Mr. Meyer nt the Millard last evening ho spoke of having been a regular visitor to this city since it was a mud halo and was instrumental , us vice president of the National Traveling Men's Protective association , in organizing the Nebraska division. "I understand , however , " eald Mr. Mayor , "that it is not intact now. The fact is , " ho continued , "we have gene backward over since the intor-stato commerce law , which M > seriously ef fected the chief aims nnd objects of the nbsociation , went into olTecl. From a membership of 23,000. our number has dropped down to less than eight thous and. Nothing else did ItWosvorq banded together principally for the pur pose of getting bolter rates on excess baggage from the railroads , as well as cheaper hotel.aocoinmoditions , than the gouornl public , but tbo inter-state com merce law chocked the first and most important featureso completely that our organization virtually lost all its support. The state auxiliaries and city club * went to plucosnnd 10,000 member * bald by thulr action that they had no further interest in the T. P. A. "But wo have been reviving matters recently , and I behove that iu loss than two' years the association will bo stronger than it over was before. If the traveling mon would form a com pact , similar to that maintained by trades unions , I um Batisllod they could accomplish much good , Last Juno the association appointed rx general man ager , something It never had before , whoso business it is to visit wholesale merchants everywhere , explain to them the advantages of the Travelers Protnctlvo association , nnd induce their salesmen to join. I understand ho is meeting with great success. D. K. Kling , chairman of the railroad com mittee , is also doing1 an immense amount of good. " How to Get The > Bce. Traveling mon Bay they htwe great difficulty very often to got copies of TUB Bnn from train boys. Jt is not bo- cnujo these youthful merchants have no BKES to sell , but because they first attempt to force other papers upon people ple who call for Tni-iUiu : and wnnt no othor. Henry Hnworth , a well known representative , while near Fremont nnd live or six besides him who travel from that town , have said that they fre quently experience opposition of this kind from the news boys. "On nearly all the roads nnd every train in Ne braska , " sava Mr-Ha worth , "when we nsk for Tnri OMAHA Bun. the boys toll us at first that they nro out of Tnn BKK , then try to palm elf copies of the World- Ilerald. which wo don't want and won't buy. By making n vigorous kick and threatening thonihowuvcr , these boys generally manage to find n Bicnon the train , , therefore those who arc ac quainted with their.llttlo game and in sist on getting Tltu Bun always got it. But wo-alL very much dlsliko that sort of thing. No man cures to row with newsboys , nnd especially on a railroad train , in the presence probably of a car load of people. For this reason stran gers nro imposed upon. " ' Mr. E. M. IIulso , of the mattress company , who was in the city , says that nine out of ten times ha finds it impos sible to got a BKK when ho asks for it. Tlio boys insist always on selling him the World-Herald. "I notice they nlways hnvo plenty of copies of that sheet , but invariably complain of having sold out alL tholr BICES' , though a kick generally llnda ono. " A Tourist' * Mishap. D. W. Day , the enterprising and suc cessful young man who represents Mayor Broatch's hardware house in southern Nebraska , mot with an acci dent at Crete last Saturday which in capacitated him for work , temporarily .at . lenst , though just how severe his in juries nro has not yet boon ascertained. It seems that he had intended to board a west-bound passenger train , having just arrived at Crete station on a freight from the south , and while hurrying from ono to the-other fell into a coul hole near the turn table. Ho wn car ried to the Metropolitan hotel and made us comfortable us possible. Husclded. A report from Burlington , la. , says that Fred Jargcr took his llfo Saturday afternoon by hanging himself. De tailed particulars of the sad affair could not bo obtained , but rumor has it that ho was short-in his accounts and rather than face the consequences surejto fol low an exposure , preferred to end his troubles in the surest , quickest way. Deceased was well known here as the representative of 13hull & Sons , whole sale grocers , and was popular unions the traveling men of the west , lie leaves n wife and several children to mourn lihn. Sorry He w s n tticliolor. It was on the Northwestern train , one Saturday night about 10 p. m. The passengers had dropped out at the stations along tlio line until only a few were left in the car. An old gont'e- man taking a nap in the end of the coach , a young ludy who looked like a schoolmarm , ono or two commonplace- passengers , a stout , peed nuturcd look ing drummer , reading by the dim light of the car lamp , and a family , or rather part of a family , consisting of n mother and her two children , two little girls , th.o elder about so von years old , and the yduncer , Httlo Maud , aged , three. From the conversation that passed between the mother and children I learned that they had boon to Iowa spending the summer and were just returning to their homo in Nebraska. Maud wasa most bright and intelli gent little girl nnd kept the passengers smiling during the early part of the evening with her bright sallies , which seemed inoxhnustnblc. She had settled down at lust to some thing like quietude , when the train pulle.d into u small station , and a tall , sun-browned man ( rot aboard loading a bright-eyed boy. As ho entered at the rear door of tha coach , Maud espied him , and gave a shriek of delight , causing every oass- ongorin the car to look around. "My papal my papal" And sure enough it was nor papa. Ho had gene down the road nu freight train to moot thorn a few tatious from homo and bring them bj.uk with him. The little boy went straight to his mother , giving her a hearty hug and kiss , and then eat down beside her to fflvo her a glowing account of all that had transpired during her absence. Maud at once monopolized her father , giving him scarcely ilmo to nod to the others. She kissed him over and over again , giving Httlo shriaks ot delight , interlarded with "I love you , papal" "I love " nil the while you , papal" hold ing her baby arms tightly around his 'neck. All the Httlo tricks that a baby could bo taught she know , and now wns oblivious to everything but showing them olT for the amusement of her papn. She balanced herself llrst on one foot and then on the ether , throwing her head to ono s'ulo in the moat conucttibh manner imaginable , all the while talk ing and laughing gleefully. She tried her Httlo lace bonnet on her papa and put bin Inrgo hat on herself , peeping out from beneath the brim in a regular "hlde-ttna-go-seok" fashion. Then she played "wild Indian" with him , making clutches nt him and uhrieking "Wild Indian catch you , papa ! Wild Indian catch you ! " Her merriment rose hltrhor nnd higher. Every pusscngor wns Hitting bolt upright now. Tlio old gentleman in the corner was wide awake , the Bchoolmnrm had taken n seat facing the happy family , and the drummer beamed with delight. The news agent came into the car , sot his' basket of Iruit down nnd showed his appreciation by grinning broadly. The mild Httlo mother looked on smilingly , nnd the Httlo brother and sister laughed to see the baby sister so gay. Finally the older of the Hitlo gtrls , grown tired of waiting , crawled up on her papa's knee , clungr to ono of his arms , and received a kiss of greet ing , nnd her papa tound breath to nsk his wife how she had been , and to ob serve that she looked tired. Then the train drew up to-a small station , nnd Maud , her papa , and the rest of the family gathered up their luggugo and started out. The stout drummer drew along Drouth and said in an undertone , as ho picked up his grip , "Well , if i haven't gene by my station ; that's a pretty good ono on mo. I suppose I'll haveto Sunday in this sleepy town. , .it won't fto to lot this cot out. though Wul 1'h bo d d If sec- ing- such n hnppy1 family a * that don't make a fellow soi'rJMio'a n bachelor. " Two Onsen o'f Alonutic * * . HASTINOS , NoJJ. , Oct. 27. To the Editor of Tun Bun A party of travel ing men were tnllung of some of the very close fisted hion wo have to deal with sometimes , and the conversation drifted to stingy people in general , which 'remind9 mo/of two of the latter class who attended n very rcchorcho "hop given nt tlioBostwick , , Hastings , i short time ngo. . .Alter the party had danced enough to-got hungry , they repaired - paired to the cnfc , where nn olcgant oyster supper , including other courses , was in readiness for the good appetites. On leaving the cafe they were ohnrgcd tha uxhorbltant ( ? ) price of $1 per couple , whereupon ono man declared it to bo nn outrageous price nnd kicked so hard , in the presence ot his lady , ton , that the proprietor gave him back the dollar and ho put It in his poolcot with out n word. In the ether case the man wns owner of several blocks En the city , lie toHsod down CO cents with the re mark , "That is all you will got , " and hound hisliuly walked out. . Tlio Stmilny Oun t . At the Millard C. M. BtkcrGeorgo H. Lcnth , D. M. Fitzgerald , H" . R. Itoyston , Chicago ; A. B. Veriudgon , A. E.LongNaw York ; Henry Hilbr onnor , Philadelphia ; William VV. Booth , Al- toonn , Piv. ; W. S. Crawford , Sioux City ; G. C. Goodon , Now Haven : Steve Smith , Chicago ; .TV Simon , .Dos Moincs ; John L. Amory , Minneapolis ; II. Culd- well , Chicago ; John Koennan , St. , Louis ; II. S. TomokitiSj. Rochester , N. Y. ; S. Voorsnngor , Chicago ; D. Drey- fiis , W. F-Deitrich , St. Louis ; P. A. Gerberlsli , Chicago ; C. C. Case , Cleveland - land ; W. W. Tompklns. Now York ; HenryPallbery , Now York ; .T. IT. McGraw - Graw , New Yorl : ; A. H. Toollner , St. Louis ; . J. II. Scwill , Chicago. At the Pnxton II. C. Edmiston , New York ; Thomas A. Crces , Philadelphia ? Honrv WollT , Now York ; Fred Green , New York ; A. M. Atwcll , Chicago ; M. Hermann , Cincinnati ; Gcorgo S. Ser ing , New York ; S. B. Buck , St. Louis ; LI. Burue , New York ; W. Pringle , jr. , Now York ; R. F. Ralston , Rock Island ; John Uonulilson.St. Louis ; E. P.Briggs , Philadelphia : William WarderOmtiha ; E. F. Breoseo. Syracuse ; Si. H. Board , New York ; W. J. Blair , Cincinnati ; James J. Wolf. Boston : It. R. Dis- borough , Now York ; A. Monheimer , Now York ; Sam Isaacs , Chicago ; W. P. Carroll , Chicago. At the Barker A. E. Overman , J. H. Granger , Omaha ; U. T. Sherman , Chicago cage ; E. C. Campbell , St. Louis ; J. W , Midgley , St. Joe ; N" . R. Brown , Nor folk ; Gcorgo S. Hammond , A. J. Mc- Donough , Chicago. At the Windsor-r-J. H. Traynor , Mil waukee ; A. B. Trcadwoll , Custcr , Mich. ; J. H. MorriaUrbana , , 111. ; C.W. Rettig , J. M. Cheney , A. J. McDonald , Chicago ; W. A. S'tnvtton , Omaha ; John Heinon. St. Louis' ; "W. O. Pennington , Franklin , Pa. ; W. J. Briggs , Chicaeo ; .T. S. Ullmnn. Ncw Ybrk ; William H. Paul , B. W. Thortcll ' , Chicago ; Philip Jacobs , S. T. Espil'iey , Kansas City ; F. C. Wood , Omaha ; A. Hoi/mark , Gothenburg ; G. 'Worschotz , Chicago ; Ri-ihard Carter. St. Paul ; B. L. Moll , Philadelphia ; W. ' W. Green , Philadel phia ; W. S. Strong ; Salem , O. ; G. H. Aitken , Grand Fonts ; C. A. Gardner , Topeka ; C. S. Hutchins , Omaha ; R. A. Wallace. Chicago ; H. D. Bnssett , St. Joe ; Ed G. Rust , Grand Island ; D. M. Gould , Springvillo ; H. M. Dauno , Bur lington ; G. B. Scropps , Omaha. Sample Cast ; Nocrs. A. W. Couraon , the well known buggy man , spent a few days in Omaha .lust week. ' 'Tony , " as ho is called by his intimates , always receives a cordial welcome. Gcorgo Rudio started out on the ro ad again tlio first of the week to work his " . " "soap gamo. A local photographer exhibits a mag nificent view of the traveling men who took part in the Merchants' day parade iw they appeared on the courthouse hill. The picture is beautifully finished , every member of the group beinjr easily distinguished. It is an artistic and valuable souvenir of the occasion. It is reported that the genial , whole- souled travoling-Bntesmeu , S. V. B. Hol- loivay. has resigned his position with the Omaha Rubber company , and will probably accept a more remunerative ono with a largo eastern house. ONE QF A MUMMIED. A Commercial Traveler Who Poujjht For n Copy ol' The Beo. ' VALENTINE , Nob. , Oct. 21. To the Editor of TUB HER : I notlco In Tuc Bun a state ment that newsboys nnd others had been suppressing Tins Ben sale * along ; the Union Pacific railroad lines. This calls to my mind that the Hnmo trick has been pluycd alonp HioEtklioni railroad. I was liavcllng salesman for an Omaha house last May , nnd going from Omutm to the end of tbo Imo at AVhito Wood , and on UK : main Una to Casper , THE HEU was not shown or oflorod at all , aud wtion I would ask for a BRB the answer would bo "All gono. " But after the newsboy ( or newsmen BQIIIO were ) bun passed nil through the train with the HernM or World , he would po back anil return to mo with one copy of TUB 13no only. only.Other Other vlmcs they would refuse and say they had none nt all , bat by a little cursing and getting en my car for a UKR , it would finally coma out. I c.ili to memory one of these men , but 1 do not know his name. His run was from Omaha to Lone Pine , and be had only ODO arm. But whether lie was on the ruad In Muy or Juno last , I do not romein- bor. But ho played this same trick at that time or before when ho was news agent , for it wr.s ho who got the 'cursing and I guess ho got stung with TIIB BrB. 1 Bpolto of it several times to ether sales , men and I concluded' ' that there was n con spiracy to suppress This BBB , But I know in my own mind that Jf.ho flfihtlng editor of TUB BEU would nnd'.i'ijout soon. Yours , KROXIO ICicKcn. P. S. No need of placing my name to the above , but will m'ako uflljavlt to same If wanted , PAXTOX HoTurij djr'AHA Special at tention to commercial men. Finest and largest hotel in th'a''Wost. ' Kittredga it Brninard , proprlofora. Unuln .Ici-ry in Paris. The excellence gfjouragricultural ex hibit in Paris goes far toward redeem ing the inferiority of the American sec tion. As a whole , Uncle Jerry will have a larger proportion of gold and silver rncdala than any other agricultural ex hibition at the exposition. Merchants' Hotel. Largo sample rooms. $3 , $2.60&83porday. Nat Brown. Oriole Hnm'H Indian Wnrds , The total Indian population is loss than 250.000. Of these 21,232 live in hous > os , and 0,012 families are engaged In agriculture. And among those so- called savugca there are 28,003 , church mom hers. There has not been a death from diphtheria in Council Blurt a or Omuhu whore. Jr. Thos , Jutforis' remedy has been used In duo season. 25 years' trhil proves it infallible us a preventive and euro. As Is Our Custom At this time of the year , we will have for next few weeks our annual SPliCIAL SALE of Suit * and Overcoats. We always make these , sales at this season , when people need the goods and the bargains will do them good. There is no need to explain what a special sale means WITH US. The big crowds attending our special sales tell the story , and tell it well. The people remember the grand values they got at these sales , last year and the year be- * fore. We promise to do still better this season. Our buyers have been hard at work the last two weeks , and we arc now getting in daily stacks of goods purchased by them at the immense reductions from values which manufacturers must submit to at this time of the year , and OUR CUSTOMERS WILL SHARE THE FULL BENEFIT OF THESE SACRIFICES. We want to impress upon your mind that the goods we are offering are -first class in every respect , first class in quality , first class in work and trimming , and first class in fit , and our stock is worthy the attention of every person who appreciates style and quality in fabrics , trimming and making , t The present week we will offer exceptional values in Men's and Young'Men's Suits. We have displayce some of the bargains in our Douglas street window , Let those who never traded with us call and compare our goods and prices. We will make this a great cus- r * -n tomcr-wmning" season , Nebraska Clothing Company , Corner Fourteenth and Douglas Streets , . Omaha. DID SARAH SINGE THE GAT ? The French Traffodlormo Denloa That Roast Follno Story. SHE DEARLY LOVES HER PETS * Ana Frequently Telia Her Cat * unit JUogs Things She -Would Not Impart to Any Ilumnn Being. Uorntiarilt is Imlicnnnt. A Paris correspondent of tlie Now York World visited the tragedienne in her dressing room in the Porte St. Martin thcutor the other day nnd inter viewed her about the story thsit she roasted otio of her pot cats to death in a flt of rase. The correspondent says : I found her in company of the jcun premier of the Tosca troupe , whose temples were still running1 with the fjoro of Scnrnlu'd torments. Sarah , for a widow of so recent creation , was look ing remarkably lively and younger than ever. I said : "It's about this cat story. " She said : "It's the most ridiculous nonsense that was over invented. " "Is there no truth in it whatever ? Perhaps you singed , a rug or some thing a catskin , ono of those things you use in Franco against rheumatism or something of the sort. " "Faugh ! Just think of the horrible smell that would have made. No , there is no truth in it at all. I can't Imagine who gets up these stories against mo. This fs not the iirst ttfno I have been accused of ill-treating animals. About four years ago there was put into circu lation a story that I had baked a favor ite spaniel of mine ( the dearest little dog you over saw ) in the oven. " "Who are these ladles who accuse you ? ' "Oh , I think they must be ( what do you call them ? ) hallelujah lassos , isn't it ; people belonging to the Salvation army. " "There is a story that you have in structed the solicitors to prosecute the inventors of this accusation ? " "Oh , no ; I hear the story has been withdrawn. All I have done was to write to London to eivo it my most em phatic denial. " "I suppose you look at it all as a very good jokoV" "Oh , not nt all. I think it a most serious matter and I am most upset 'about it. I know that for Mrs. Took , the presidentces of the Iliimauo society , to have taken it up there must have boon a strong fooling on the subject. The resolution passed by the Missouri ladies inviting the women of America to re ceive me with coldness on my visit to tlio states , would bo , if it were gen erally adopted , the most disastrous thing that could happen to mo both socially and as an artist. "In Amerlca'the-women are the abso lute mistresses of everything. ( Les femmes on Ameriijuo inont tout ) . Tlio man does not exist in matters of this sort. You have no ldea"slie continued , turning to a lady sitting in her dress ing room , * 'of thcimportariue of the role played in America by the women. It is as if the men , having no time to attend to matters of sentiment , relegate them into the hands of their wives and sisters. Uut I cannot think that this resolution will have any effect , because It Is not only completely unjust , but is so obviously absurd , 1 can quite under stand that if the Americans believe mete to he guilty of this wiclcpdnuss , this piece of cold-blooded cruelty , they should bo disgusted , bouuuao there is perhaps no country in the world where animals are better treated than iir the states. You should see how fat the horses are out tlicro , I have often thought as I have been traveling through America and have seen thulr splendid cattle , of the poor , miserable horses of Pa rid , which you know the Parisians themselves cull 'The Woman's Paradise , the Horse's Hell. ' So lam jnoat anxious to have that story denied , I assure you again and again that there is not a word of truth in it. " "You have the reputation of being very fond of animalsV" "Foody But I adore them. Yes , that is not exaggeration. I adcra them. 1 have loved thorn all my llfo , Apotunlmnl U such n good friend to have. It is faithful ; It is fond of you ; It wants nothing from you but a little kindness , nnd It does not worcy you as men do with interminable compliments and idioeioB. Why , I look for ward to the time when I shall bo too old to play , nnd shall have over BO many animals about me. I thinlc that will bo the happiest time of my life. Did you never hear how angry I was with Pasteur and the quarrel wu had ? I called him an old barbarian. I never can bo without ani mals. I don't think I could live with out them. People thought that I kept those tiger-oats to Ret myself talked about. And that is what the papers said. "It was nothing of the sort , it id be cause I liuvcra real affection for thorn , and more than an affection a most sincere - core admiration. The tiger-cat is the most graceful thing. Wo women who think ourselves the most graceful things on God 'a earth , wo can't compare with it. Then thnru is my leopard , the clearest of friends. Do you know that I feel that they understand every word I say to thorn ? I have thought thia nil my life , that animals understand all wo say to them , butdcspiso us nnd all our base intrigues too much to trouble to answer us ; that is , to trouble to learn our language to answer us with. "I dare any that that is all nonsense , but it is ray impression. I know that often when my nerves nro unstrung and it would drive mo mad to have to talk to Peter or Paul ( you know you have Been mo in that state ) I have the great est pleasure in going and talking for hours together to my cats or to my dogb or to my birds. lofton foil them things that would never tell to any human being , and I am sure they sympathize with mo. "Thus when I hoard about this story of my ill-treating that cut , I had all my animals brought into my studio , where iny bird cage is , and I- told what was being said about mo { over there , and I nm sure they nearly all died of laugh ing. The birds were terribly noisy all Unit evening , doubtless passing counter resolutions. Ask Mine. Guerard , my housekeeper , if I am a woman who would torture an auimal. She will tell you that before I cat I see that the pots are cared for , that E often food tapin myself when I um not too tired out with work and worry , but that always they are my llrst care. " "You still have as many birds as you u&ed to have ? " "Moro than over. I have now 112 pet birds , and I know and love everyone ono of thorn. Yes , 112 birds ; and so if my reputation of baking my pe s in ovens bo true you need nov'er bo fright ened of my dying of hunger. I have there the "wherewithal to feed myself for a long timo. Ono bird a day. Why , they would last me nearly half a year. And na they are of many different kinds I could vary my menu pretty often. Bat , to bo serious , please toll the women of America that u cruel injustice has been done me , and that it has pained mo much. I think I know them well enough to say that they will not let mo suffer long. " a Tudor Exlilb'.tlnn. The successful Stuart Exhibition held In London in the early part of the year is to be followed by a Tudor Exhibition. CALIFORNIA THI : jANi ) OP DISCOVERIES ! 1 -A .Tn E iivvi , - , _ - .6 MOJ. . THE O NLV- * fc ATARRH SANTA : ABIE ; AND ; CAT ; R : CURE For sale by Goodman Drua Co SurnCiinwHESTADUSHED | 86' ' J 'so so. Otuuuiiesif Chicago , Ills. 1 ClnrkSt. Ite Regular Old-KstaUlifael { PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON f It still Treating with tha Greatest , SK1LL and SUCCESS L . ! 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